Why would Andrew Wyke want Milo Tindle to steal his wife's jewels to claim insurance. Isn't it already his as he claimed and wouldn't her marrying Milo would automatically mean the jewels come to him? Shouldn't this have ringed a bell in Milo's head before accepting the offer?
shareNice point.
However, dont forget that first Wyke convinced Milo that he wants her out of his life forever - not for some time.
And for that, Milo should have money to keep her with himself.
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Nope, he mentions that the jewels belong to him and not to his wife, she just borrowed them because were insured and there was not risk if were stolen or she loosed them.
shareAs someone above me said, the jewels are Wyke's, not Marguerite's. To add to that: Wyke mentions that he invested in the jewelry because he was being taxed heavily, but seeing as he'd look silly wearing them, Marguerite wore them.
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Good point but Andrew is banking on Milo's hidden insecurity which manifests itself in a desire for "success". Milo's benchmark for success is financial. Andrew prides himself onbeing able toread a character. In this regard, he gets Milo spot on....but he underestimates his prey!
shareI think you're missing the point. It's not like Andrew was hard up for cash or he was looking to acquire jewels. Since the jewels are his and heavily insured, it is the one thing that Milo can steal. Once stolen, Milo gets money AND Andrew gets money. Win-win. Andrew gets the full value of the jewels and takes no loss. Milo gets money. The reason Andrew wants to do this is because he wants Milo to have money to keep Marguerite happy and keep her from crawling back to Andrew when she realizes Milo doesn't have enough money.
shareThank God someone on this thread had an elemental grasp of the plot.
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